EOS NEWSLETTER JANUARY 2018

Dear EOS Member,

A luminous beginning to 2018, the year of the first Day of Light https://www.lightday.org/.
This year EOS holds its biennial meeting EOSAM in Delft, 8-12 October, with the Annual General Assembly for all members. Alongside the technical program, we organize several events for students and companies alike. The year also brings along the election of the EOS Board of Directors, Fellowship celebrations, new and well-established topical meetings, and a lot more.
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Elina Koistinen
EOS Executive Director

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR EOS BOARD

This year (2018) is an election year for the EOS Board and there are four seats to be filled. We invite you to nominate candidates for election to the Board.

Each EOS member is entitled to nominate up to three candidates for election to the Board. There is no rule to prevent the same three people nominating more than one candidate. We urge you to take advantage of this opportunity to nominate candidates for the election later this year.

Any member of the Society may nominate up to three other members for the distinction of EOS Fellow. In addition to the completed nomination form, two letters of support and a short (up to 5 page) biography/CV of the nominee must be received by the EOS by the closing date, August 1, 2018.

The Fellows will be honored with the official diplomas at the Annual General Assembly in Delft, Netherlands, in collocation with EOSAM2018 symposium, during October 8-12, 2018.

IN MEMORIAM: Professor Ionel Valentin Vlad
It was with great sadness that we learned the passing of our dear colleague and friend Professor Valentin Vlad on 24 December 2017, in Bucharest.
Valentin was the President of the Romanian Academy of Science. As an engineer and scientist, he achieved an international recognition for his research in information processing, holography and interferometry.

Valentin performed his studies in Bucharest and Paris during 1961-1970. After graduation he started his research at the Institute of Atomic Physics in Bucharest, in the "Optical Methods in Nuclear Physics" Laboratory, where he made the first solid active laser in Romania 1968, (together with G. Nemes) and where he was certified as scientific researcher. He maintained positions as professor in several universities, set up and lead several laboratories, and upheld a wide network of colleagues around the world.

Valentin had a very endearing personality and was very approachable which was facilitated by his perfect knowledge of Romanian, English, French, German, Russian and Italian. The dialogues with him were often illustrated by cultural references demonstrating his sincere interest in the country of his interlocutor. He used his social and scientific skills in promoting the Romanian scientific culture with a spirit of collaboration and exchange. Valentin indeed travelled a lot and spent multiple research stays in laboratories.
Valentin was also deeply involved in the European Optical Society and contributed to its development. He was the bridge between EOS and the Romanian Optical Society, and member of the Board of EOS on behalf of the Romanian Optical Society, a position which he has held until he passed away. In 2011 he became chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee, and entered the Executive Committee of EOS; two duties he carried out until last year. He also contributed to the revival of the Industrial Advisory Committee of EOS.

In his support to EOS, from 1998 and 2006, Valentin acted as an editorial member of the first EOS Journal “Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics” in 1998. In 2006 he entered the Editorial board of the new EOS Journal, the “Journal of EOS: Rapid Publication”, a responsibility he never left.

Valentin was the ambassador of the Romanian culture and a dedicated promoter of EOS. We miss him.

The topical meeting is expected to gather around 100 participants from Europe and all over the world to Radisson BLU Hotel, located in the heart of Berlin, between 6th and 9th of May, 2018. The chairs of the conference are Prof. Heinz-Wilhelm Hübers from German Aerospace Center (Germany) and Dr. Jozsef Fülöp from University of Pecs (Hungary). This topical meeting provides a platform on which the latest results in the generation, detection and use of THz radiation in science and technology will be presented and discussed.

EOS biennial Meeting will be held in Delft, Netherlands. The meeting will take place at the Delft University of Technology, in October 08 - 12, 2018.
Netherlands is the hot spot for photonics in Europe and the strong optics research and industry in Delft makes it a perfect location to hold the upcoming symposium. The meeting will once again include several topical meetings, tutorials, company visits, workshops, industrial exhibition, and more.
Submit to one or several topical meetings, see topics here: http://www.myeos.org/events/eosam2018